diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b9ac29d5d..98ee40469 100755
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.1.5.9"
+VERSION = "1.1.5.10"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 3e80bef63..befe8b972 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ class Connect(object):
         # url splitted with space char while urlencoding it in the later phase
         url = url.replace(" ", "%20")
 
+        if "://" not in url:
+            url = "http://%s" % url
+
         conn = None
         page = None
         code = None
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 55f7cefbd..dd9d0e60e 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ edcfce0850771e6454acef244d5c5760  lib/core/optiondict.py
 d8e9250f3775119df07e9070eddccd16  lib/core/replication.py
 785f86e3f963fa3798f84286a4e83ff2  lib/core/revision.py
 40c80b28b3a5819b737a5a17d4565ae9  lib/core/session.py
-e1f0497c4a8a98ce2804e08afed99330  lib/core/settings.py
+193c8c915a66cd5ecca41a345d8a9944  lib/core/settings.py
 d91291997d2bd2f6028aaf371bf1d3b6  lib/core/shell.py
 2ad85c130cc5f2b3701ea85c2f6bbf20  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 8136241fdbdb99a5dc0e51ba72918f6e  lib/core/target.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ad74fc58fc7214802fd27067bce18dd2  lib/core/unescaper.py
 403d873f1d2fd0c7f73d83f104e41850  lib/request/basicauthhandler.py
 a79f7c4259418fbc66229a1cb2e945bd  lib/request/basic.py
 ef48de622b0a6b4a71df64b0d2785ef8  lib/request/comparison.py
-09ab01822da8f45dec4c995a7fb0e130  lib/request/connect.py
+f58d13b6d6ff0078742d6fce09219849  lib/request/connect.py
 fb6b788d0016ab4ec5e5f661f0f702ad  lib/request/direct.py
 cc1163d38e9b7ee5db2adac6784c02bb  lib/request/dns.py
 5dcdb37823a0b5eff65cd1018bcf09e4  lib/request/httpshandler.py